Vehicle-wheel.



PATENTED DEC. 20, 1904.

S. E. SWANSON. VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED MAY 13, 1904.

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WWI/mmap UNITED STATES Patented December 20, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION formngpart of Letters Patent N o. 778,084, dated December 20, 1904. Application filed May 13, 1904. Serial No. 207,739..

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, SWAN F. SwANsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pueblo, in the county of Pueblo and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Wheels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact` description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make. and use the same.

My invention is an improved vehicle-wheel;

and it consists inthe construction, combination, and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is partly an elevation and partly a sectional view of a vehicle-Wheel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional Vview of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail section showing a modification.

The hub of my improved wheel comprises a central tubular section 1 and a pair of end sections 2 3. The inner section 1, which bears directly on the axle-spindle, is provided at its center, on its outer side, with an annular enlargement 4, forming a circumferential iiange. The sections 2 3 have their inner sides recessed, as at 5, to receive the said inner section and its annular enlargement 4, and the said sections 2` 3, the inner ends of which abut against the said flange 4, are provided at their inner ends with annular fianges 6, which form aspace between them and opposite the annular iiange or enlargement 4 of the inner section to receive the inner ends of the spokes. The

sections 2 3 project beyond 4the ends of the.v

inner section, as shown. Each'of the said sections 1, 2, and 3 is preferably made of steel or iron, but maybe made of any suitable material.

`Each spoke 7 is a tube and may be made of iron, steel, or any other suitable material. The inner end of each spoke is filled with a plug 8, which is weldedl thereto, and the inner ends of the spokes are of angular sector shape, as at 9, to enable them to bear against one another and to lit snugly between the flanges 6 'of the hub-sections 2 3. The said hub-sections are bolted together-by bolts `10, which bolts pass through coincident openings in the opposing sides of the sector-shaped inner ends of the spokes, as shownl Thereby the spokes are also firmly secured between the end sections of the hub and with their inner ends bearing on the annular flanged or enlarged portion 4 of the inner section 1.

At the outer ends of the spokes are washers 11, which in the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are recessed, as at 12, to receive the ends `of the spokes, and in the modiiication shown in Fig. 3 are provided each with a projection or boss 13 to enter the outer end of the tubular spoke. I do not limit myself in this particular. The felly 14 has annular channels 15 in its outer side, each forming side" V"Letters Patent, is-

1. A vehicle-wheel having a hub comprising an inner tubular section having an annular enlargement forming a circumferential flange on its outer side at a point between its ends, said iiange having outwardly-converging sides, tubular enc sections on the said section, having their inner ends formed to bear against the sides of the said flange, spokes having segmental inner 'ends bearing directly against the outer side of said iiange and in contact with one another, and `means to clamp the end sections against the converging sides of the said iiange and against opposite sides of the said spokes.

2. A wheel having a hub comprising an inner tubular section having an annular enlargement forming a circumferential fiange on itsouter side at a point between itsends, end sections on the said section and h'avmg flanges at their inner ends, hollow spokes having segmental inner ends bearing on the flange In testimony whereof I have hereunto set of the inner seetlon and between the flanges my hand 1n presence of two subscribing witof the end sectlons, plugs 1n the inner ends nesses.

of the hollow spokes, and bolts extending SWAN F. SWTANSON. 5 through the flanges of the end seetons, the Witnesses:

spokes and the plugs therein, and securing J. l. JOHNSON,

the end sections and spokes together. C. H. BLACK. 

